http://www.seismictalk.com News and views, rants and raves from the seismic industry Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:16:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.seismictalk.com/hse-alert http://www.seismictalk.com/hse-alert#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:32:44 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/hse-alert Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Dihydrogen monoxide: is also known as hydroxl acid, and is the major component of acid rain. contributes to the "greenhouse [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/hse-alert/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:00:48 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration Sensor Systems claim to have made a the first advancement in almost 50 years in seismic sensors. The new device, an all-optical, fiber-optic omnidirectional geophone, requires no in-situ electronics, copper conductors, or electrical power. It incorporates a self-contained optical interrogation unit (using an optical time division multiplexing methodology) with integrated laser sources; all of the [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/new-sensor-supports-oil-exploration/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/global-warming-scam http://www.seismictalk.com/global-warming-scam#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:22:28 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/global-warming-scam I think that it is high time that the public started calling the media on the garbage they are spewing about global warming, sea level rises and all of the associated ills which they are making up as they go along. Take a look at the old pictures and quotes below and make up your [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/global-warming-scam/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/new-server-home-for-seismic-talk http://www.seismictalk.com/new-server-home-for-seismic-talk#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:27:36 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2008/11/21/new-server-home-for-seismic-talk I have not made any posts for some time as I tried different software to run Seismic Talk and a couple of different hosting accounts. I tried using another gallery style as well with the images hosted on another service but could not get things set up to make it easy for other people to [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/new-server-home-for-seismic-talk/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/airport-security http://www.seismictalk.com/airport-security#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:50:01 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2008/06/02/airport-security I thought airport security was over the top when I couldn’t get into an airport because I was carrying a windproof lighter as “It could be used as a weapon” but this is just plain downright ridiculous. Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, was stopped from boarding because his Transformers T-shirt depicted a robot with [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/airport-security/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/oil-price-may-hit-200-a-barrel http://www.seismictalk.com/oil-price-may-hit-200-a-barrel#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 05:17:41 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2008/05/07/oil-price-may-hit-200-a-barrel A Goldman Sachs energy strategist warns that this may happen in as little as six months. This is because of the demand driven price of oil. Goldman Sachs energy strategist Argun Murti made the warning as benchmark US light crude passed the $123 mark for the first time. Surging demand was increasingly likely to create [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/oil-price-may-hit-200-a-barrel/feed 1 http://www.seismictalk.com/singapore-prices http://www.seismictalk.com/singapore-prices#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:43:44 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/11/21/singapore-prices Technorati Tags: Singapore,hotel prices,exchange rate With the exchange rate at around $1.42 per $US it looks like Singapore is pricing itself out of business. I called the usual hotels that I use and found them all full due to an ASEAN conference so I stopped by the hotel booking booth at Changi airport to see [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/singapore-prices/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/things-you-may-not-have-known http://www.seismictalk.com/things-you-may-not-have-known#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:46:11 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/10/11/things-you-may-not-have-known Technorati Tags: strange facts , human body The human body contains enough phosphorus to make the heads of 200 matches, enough fat for seven bars of soap, and enough iron to make one nail. The human body has over 45 miles of nerves. The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body’s weight. [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/things-you-may-not-have-known/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/personnel-department-computer-system http://www.seismictalk.com/personnel-department-computer-system#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:44:52 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/10/11/personnel-department-computer-system Technorati Tags: personnel department , personnel shortage , computerized systems While on a crew run by one of the biggest name seismic outfits recently I was surprised to hear that one of the staff had been bid for multiple jobs at the same time. Bidding in this manner is not unusual but what is highly [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/personnel-department-computer-system/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/fur-flies-over-miss-universe http://www.seismictalk.com/fur-flies-over-miss-universe#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:57:19 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/10/11/fur-flies-over-miss-universe Technorati Tags: PETA , animal rights , Miss Universe PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and some of the other raving loony animal rights types are campaigning to get the reigning Miss Universe, Japan’s Riyo Mori, to stop wearing animal furs by accusing her of promoting cruelty. Ms Mori, 20, a ballerina by [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/fur-flies-over-miss-universe/feed 0